Shoe with elastic webbing and loop thereover



Aug. 19, 1952 .1. QH. EvERsToN 2,507,131

SHOE WITH ELASTICI WEBBINGAND LOOP THEREOVER Filed sepzfz, 1948 1 2 sHEETs-,sI-IEET 1 JNVENTOR. l

Joss/H H. E/Esf'm/ A r rome-vs Aug. 19, 1952 J. H. EvERsToN SHOE WITH ELASTIC WEBBING AND LooP THEREOVER Filed sept. 2, 1948 m Il 2 SHEETS--SHEET 2 ArroR/VE Y 5 Patented Aug. 19, 1.952

' iILT-NI'I-"ED' STATES iGi-FFIICE/J i-s'rroEWrTHlELAsTIC Winsum@ AND' 'no or KJTnEREovEla Joseph'-H.--Everston,LosAngeles, Calif.

i Y Applicationseptember z,rsisfseriaiNo.147373 fisolthatitspresence is not-apparent in the shoe, its l i act-ion,.ihowever,` being unimpaired.

- izr'rthe-.pastnthe.use;of.goring has been'fobjeotiona'ble because .of its f appearance, and also beicausel the .rubbing of .exposed vgoring against the zwearers foot; andfsstockingahas .caused abrasion ,andfwean v-'Accor.dingito'rthe .present invention, a loopis provided free of: direct .connection with the t:upper@margins yof :the cquarters, through .which looptheielasticggoring not-'only functions smooth- -.-ly,.asiinfaifa-bricated runway, .but remains in- `lvisible. and protected fromvfcontact withfhosiery or ankles of the" wearer. @The seamsfbindingfthe t` goringfto tthe edges of theupper atjth'e top of lthefshoearelikewise concealedand protected.

Yetffin; accordance'with za'major. purpose of the present-invention, the -.construction provides a .uniquecombination of :verticalsupport and latferalstretch. Vertical support is obtained by: rea- .son-.oi-sa'tongue'carried upwardly fromthe out- .-s ole..to-.protect the heel-andiserve as a backstay. f

,WhileI ily-may extend thefull height of the shoe, ,itfisproperly-left free ofthe upper at the top vof thesheeltogpermit-.of thelateral yielding which is an important feature of the present .invenation. gIf the'tongueporstay were .bound stilily to vr.the ankle of. the .=Wearer;.at. the top ofthe shoe, it

.-u/ ouldf` undesirablyzunction Aas ya splint or brace.

isI-nstead, it simply .acts as fa high counter, --so tshapectras-:togaford .correctitread and proper foot :balance .-.Despite the.' presence 'of ithestay or :vertical reenforcement; great'elasticity. ina lateral direction ssfaiorded'by.,thegoringn A childs foot, in par- .'ticular, is4 .soft,. tender :and plastic. .In a tightly lacedsshoe oflconventional .design,.there is no room '.forxankle movement or eXp'ansion. The 1 result is :cramping of :the muscle and tissue, witheonse- :quent impedance :of circulation and ugly red ma1ksfiaround;the ankle. v,In the .use of the pres- ;ent;invention.-1the v goring vpermits `the H.shoe to f nection.

stretchfor lexpand orf-distortfa'sfthee anklevmoves Horexpands. Themsho'e -yields v`withever'y move- The slioelfrnay1 -be laced @snugly Without unduly binding the foot. y v y K j 4-lZt-is a further object -(5f/"the inventionto provide for ineorporatingtheJ 'advantages 'hereof shoes Q ofA various* types and constructions 'as' iwilllhere- 'inaf-ter-*bemore fully disclosed a childs shoe Yembodying my invention.

Figure 2-is` a view similar to'-Fig.1 show-ingsome of the parts of the shoe prior to their nlcon- "Figure 3ds-a viewsimilar to Figi. 1-showingthe various components of *the vparts-fof thesho'ef' as they appear partially separatedf-and` 'prior @to con- Vinection. i

eF-i'gure-l-ais: aA 1vietv-inf transverse -Isectionlfrag- -mentarilyf illustrating a rear portion o'fthefln- -i'sl-ie'd'shoe. v

"FigureV` isea- View Vin vertieal longitudinal secs tion fragmentar-'ily illustrating a-v rear -portion f -theiinished shoe.

Figure 6-`-is '1a-view; similare-to vF-ig.' 3 illustrati-ng aimoiliedfembodimentofthe invention. Figure f7 is `a view-'- in perspective fragmentarigly 'showingA4 the assembly offparts illustrated-=in`Fig.

'S--asV-ieWed-from the front. -Y I LFigure 8 is afragmentary :detail: viewlinfhori- AFigure'Q is a 'fragmentaryfdetail'viewinivertical section on' line 9-9 of Fig.8.-

Figures 10 and 11 are f'viewsssimilar to #Fi-g. J9V and'- respectively illustratingZ furthermodiiedy embodiments of the invention. Y i

vrFigure f1-2is -a fragmentary Vdetailed view ofthe -rear portion of ashoe, lportions 'thereof being 'broken away to illustrate a furthermo'die'd eml'bodirnentl l l`Figure '13 is a' fragmentary detailedvew inverltical longitudinal y section through the l shoe fiof Figure 12.

In the4 constructionshown .in Figures' 1"tof5,'the invention is illustrated as embodied ina childrens shoe, -itfbeing particularly adapted for-that pur- 1 pose although not all confined to childrens shoes.

Asrinlthe shoe 'of the companion application Vabove identified, the outsole I5 is provided with an upwardly extending tongue rI6 which, inthisinstance,leads uprthe back of the shoeto a point slightlyhigherthan the top margins Il, I8, ofthe respective quarters I9,120. The'restofctheupper 1. is-conventional rand needs no 'description here.

The insole 2| is provided with a similar upwardly extending tongue 22 which lies at the outside of the quarters for a portion of the height of the shoe, being then shouldered at 23 as best shown in Figures 2 and 3. Above the shoulders 23 the tongue is provided with a strap-like extension at 24.

The upper is flanged outwardly at 25 throughout its lower perimeter, the flange extending part Way up-the rear margins of the quarters l and to substantially the level of the shoulders 23 of the insole tongue 22. The quarters are nowhere connected directly with each other. Below the point where the nange ends at the rear of the shoe the quarters are connected by their stitched attachment to the intervening tongues i6 and 22 of the outsole and insole. Above shoulders 23, a piece of webbing 26 is inserted, elastic webbing being preferably used in order to provide yielding between the quarters at the top of the shoe Where the childs ankle requires freedom of movement. This webbing is stitched to the quarters along the spacedrmargns 21, 28 thereof, 'the same stitching being desirably used to hold the top facing 29, 30.

In assembling the shoe, the insole 2| is iirst connected with the outwardly turned flange 25 of the upper by an inner row of stitching 3l (Fig. l). This row of stitching ends where the shoulders 23 of the insole tongue 22 register with the The tongue extension 24vis tucked between the quarters to lie inside of the webbing 26 as shown in Fig. 2.

The outsole is next applied by means of Va second or outer row of stitching 33 (Fig. 1), which likewise extends the whole length of the flange 25 andterminates at the end of the flange where the shoulders 23 of the insole tongue 22 register with such ends. Theterminal strap portion Y35 of the outsole tongue I6 is thus left free of connection with the upper and projects beyond the top of theshoe and overlaps laterally the margins 21, 28, of the respecting quarters. The top ends of the strap extension 24 of the insole and the free terminal stra-p portion 35 of the outsole tongue I6 are now connected by a row of stitches shown at 36 in Fig. 1, this row of stitches being free of all contact with the upper or with the webbing and extending over the upper margin of the webbing insert to provide a loop which completely conceals the webbing while leaving the webbing free to yield, whereby to provide resilient connection between the quarters at the top rear of the shoe. o

The construction shown in Figures 6, 7, '8 and 9 is similar to that already described except that the insole tongue 226 has marginal portions 221, 2 28 stitched to theoutsole strap 356 throughout the height thereof. The insole tongue extension 246 is cut from between the marginal portions 221 and 228 upon rearwardly converging lines as shown in Fig. 8, leaving skived or beveled margins forming oblique slots through which the elastic webbing 266 extends to connect the quarters, which are otherwise Vfree above the level where flange 25 ends (Fig. 6). The insole tongue extension 246 is stitched transversely at 241 to the tops of outsole strap extension 356 and insole tongue portions/,221 and 2281to complete the loop through which the webbing operates.

.A vertical line of stitching at 248 (Figures and 8) may connect the vertical center lines of the insole tongue extension 246 through the webbine 266 to the outsole tongue extension 355, this feature being optional and of course, usable not only in this embodiment but in the others as Well. Where used it keeps the webbing centered and holds the loop flat. Yet the quarters can yield oppositely with freedom.

In the construction shown in Fig. 10, the insole tongue is wholly omitted, the loop which conceals the webbing insert at 26 being provided by an integral strap 38 ofthe outsole'tongue |62 folded at 352 over the top of the webbing.

Whereas Figure 10 shows the loop entirely made of component strap-like parts of the outsole tongue, Figure 11 shows how the same result is achieved by making the loop entirely from component strap-like extension parts of the insole tongue. In this case the insole tongue 223 has its strap extension 243 folded back upon itself at 353 and thence carried downwardly at 39 outside of and behind the elastic webbing insert 26 and stitched at 40 to the upper end of the relatively shorter outsole tongue |63. Y

The loop which conceals the elastic webbing lnsert may also be fabricated separately from either the outsole tongue or the insole tongue and toillustrate this point, and at the same time to show how the invention may be embodied in shoes other than childrenvs shoes, I have illustrated in Figures 12 and 13 a conventional Goodyear welt shoe with a heel at 4| supporting the outsole |54. Behind the counter, 43, for a portion of the height of the shoe, the quarters |94 and 204 are joined by a rear seam 44 which terminates Where the quartersY are shouldered at 45 (Fig. 12) to receive the elastic webbing insert 26 just as above described. At thisglevel, stitching 42 connects the short insole tongue 224 with the quarters at the top of the counter 43. The same stitching may extend through the nishing strap 50 which covers seam 44 and is stitched at 46 and 41v tothe respectivequarters.v Above the level of the seam at 42 the strap is free of all connection with the quarters to provide the desired loop at 48 to conceal the webbing insert 26 while leaving it free for elastic connection of the quarters. On the inside Aof the shoe the strap' 50 may terminate at the level of the stitching-45, this being at the bottom of the loop 48.

InV similar manner, the invention may be adapted foruse in shoes of any constructionit being necessary only to separate the quarters at the top rear of the shoe'and insert elastic Webbing or the like, thereupon concealing the webbing either by means of a strap extending from one of the soles, or by means of a separately applied strap, so connected, in any case, as not to interfere with the free expansion and contraction of the webbing which it conceals Within its loop formed over the top rear margin of the shoe.

I claim:

1. In a shoe, the combination with an upper having portions spaced laterally at their top margins at the rear of the shoe. and a-backstay providing a relatively unyielding reenforcement of the upper and Aconnected with the upperior only a part of the height thereof below the top margins of said laterally spaced upper portions, and elastically vexpansible .means fastenedV to such laterally spaced `portions .onlyf'above the saidconnection of the upper with the backstay,

said back stay having associated therewith means forming a loop disposedover said elastically kexpansiblc means, said loop being marginally free of said upper` portions .and having'at least its external part lapping said portion and covering said means for the concealment thereof while permitting freedom of expansion and contraction of such means.

2. The device of claim 1 in which said back-- stay comprises an outsole tongue extending above the uppermost point of connection of said backstay with said upper, the external part of the loop comprising an extension of said tongue.

3. The shoe of claim 1 in which the said loop is formed in part by an insole tongue folded over the expansible means and connected to the backstay.

4. The shoe of claim 1 in which the said loop is formed in part by a tongue constituting an extension of the backstay and in part by a tongue constituting an extension of the insole respectively connected with the quarters of the shoe below said means and the said connection between the internal and external parts of the loop is independent of the quarters and above said means.

5. 'Ihe shoe of claim 1 in which said loop is formed in part by an extension of the back stay which is folded upon itself to extend over the top of the shoe about said elastically expansible means and connected below said means with said shoe.

6. A shoe comprising an upper having quarters with portions spaced adjacent the top rear of the shoe, elastic webbing connecting said spaced portions, relatively inelastic backstay means connected to said quarters below said webbing, and a loop wider than the space between the quarter portions and spanning the top of said shoe across said webbing in concealing relation thereto and having interior portions connected with said quarters below said webbing and exterior portions connected with the backstay means.

7. A shoe comprising an upper having quarters with portions spaced adjacent the top rear of the shoe, elastic webbing connecting said spaced portions, relatively inelastic back stay means connected to said quarters below said webbing, and a loop wider than the space between the quarter portions and spanning the top of said shoe across said webbing in concealing relation thereto and having interior portions connected with said quarters below said webbing and exterior portions connected with the back stay means, said shoe having an outsole of which said backstay means constitutes an upward extension at the rear of the shoe, the said quarters having anges to which said extension is marginally connected below the webbing.

8. A shoe comprising an upper having quarters with portions spaced adjacent the top rear of the shoe, elastic webbing connecting said spaced portions, relatively inelastic back stay means connected to said quarters below said webbing,

and a loop wider than the space between the quarter portions and spanning the top oi said shoe across said webbing in concealing relation thereto and having interior portions connected with said quarters below said webbing and exterior portions connected with the back stay means, said shoe having marginal flanges on said quarters and having an insole marginally connected with said flanges and extending upwardly at the rear of the shoe to substantially the level of the webbing, said loop being formed at least in part by an insole tongue passed inwardly of the shoe below the webbing and thence extending upwardly within the shoe free of connection with the quarters.

9. In a shoe, the combination with upper portions spaced laterally and relatively yieldable for a substantial distance below their top margins at the rear of the shoe and provided with a non-yielding connection therebeneath, of an elastically expansible web having lateral margins Vfastened to said spaced upper portions only above the non-yielding connection, sole means connected with the upper, and a loop comprising parts internally and externally disposed respecting the web and connected over the web, at least the external part of said loop being wider than the space between the yieldable upper portions and lapping said upper portions to conceal the web, both of the parts forming the loop being connected with said upper portions below the level of the rweb and free of said upper portions where the latter are relatively yieldable to permit free expansion and contraction of the web, said external part comprising a relatively unyielding backstay.

l0. The shoe of claim 9 in which the loop is formed in part by a tongue portion o f said sole means which forms at least the internal part of the loop.

l1. The shoe of claim 9 in which the loop is formed in part by a tongue extension of an element of said sole means.

JOSEPH I-I. EVERSTON.

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